Quote Originally Posted by budesonide View Post
All of that sounds good mate -- but the problem was letting his contract run down to 1 year. That was stupid! Cutting our losses is the right thing to do now.

We should have told him to sign or be sold when he had two years left; not when he doesn't fuc*k anymore and wants to leave.

So are you happy to pay him 20mil for next season for him to put in half-hearted shifts or sit on the bench? Let's use our heads here, the damage has been done!
i could just hear the howls of derision if he was flogged last summer and for all we know, when the contract was put in front of him, different noises could've been made by the player and agent.

he has a euro 2012 to aim for as well as keeping himself in the shop window for the top tier clubs, so there is plenty of selfish motivation if nothing else.